So what do they do with “Watson”? Hook a Cat5 into it, and have it Google every Jeopardy question? Chess is one thing—there are moves and counter-moves to study and predict. Jeopardy is just straight factoid knowledge.
Perhaps it’s like the computer that took voice commands from Scotty in the original Star Trek Series
I agree. This is more of a database interface issue than anything else.
Well, it would have to understand the subject and the question. So there’s a lot of text analysis and comprehension required (very difficult) and then it has to access it’s knowledge base for an answer, pick the correct answer, and phrase it as a question.
Not really so easy with a computer. What helps is the rigid format of Jeopardy questions.
I guess it’s about natural language parsing. It’s one thing for a computer to solve “SELECT max(age) FROM xvii_century WHERE country IN europe etc...” and another to understand “This NFL quarterback is a great-great-great-grandson of Brigham Young” well enough to look for the answer.